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Remembering Nels...Anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela was being mourned by people all over the world after passing away at the age of 95 on Thursday, Dec. 5.

Here's a look at the South African leader through the years.

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Nelson MandelaNelson Mandela, left, and his wife Winnie, right, at Cape Town's airport prior to a flight to Johannesburg in this February 1990 photo, the day after his release from prison.(AP Photo /File, Adil Bradlow)

Nelson MandelaNelson Mandela, left, African National Congress leader, holds hands with his wife, Winnie Mandela, giving the Amandla salute, in the garden of Archbishop Desmond Tutu's residence, Cape Town, South Africa on Monday, February 14, 1990. Mandela was released from prison yesterday after serving 27 years. (AP Photo/Adil Bradlow)

Nelson MandelaANC leader Nelson Mandela waves to thousands of his supporters in Cape Town, South Africa, during his first address after spending 27 years in jail. (AP-Photo/str/Udo Weitz/-02/11/1990-)

Nelson MandelaSouth African State President Frederik Willem de Klerk, left, and Deputy President of the African National Congress Nelson Mandela, right, prior to talks between the ANC and the South African government, Cape Town, May 2, 1990. The talks were to last 3 days. (AP-PHOTO/dpf/stf/Denis Farrel)

Nelson MandelaIn this Sunday, Feb. 11, 1990 file photo, Nelson Mandela and wife Winnie, walk hand-in hand-with their raised clenched fists upon Mandela's release from Victor Verster prison, near Cape Town South Africa. Thursday Feb. 11, 2010 marks the 20th anniversary of Mandela's release. Just four years after Mandela's release, South Africans held their first all-race elections, making Mandela their first black President. (AP Photo, file)

Nelson MandelaIn this Feb. 13, 1990 file photo, ANC leader and symbol of resistance to apartheid, Nelson Mandela, is seen as he gives the black power salute to the 120,000 ANC supporters packing Soweto's Soccer City stadium in Soweto, near Johannesburg, South Africa, shortly after his release from 27 years in prison. (AP Photo, file)

Nelson MandelaNelson Mandela, vice-president of the South-African National Congress (r) and former West German chancellor Willy Brandt (l) with African children during a reception in Bonn, Monday night, June 12, 1990. (AP-Photo/FR/stf/Fritz Reiss)

Nelson MandelaIn this June 13, 1990 file photo, Deputy leader of the African National Congress Nelson Mandela and his wife Winnie wave from a Strasbourg's Town Hall balcony. (AP Photo/Christian Lutz, file)

Nelson MandelaIn this June 25, 1990 file photo, President George H W Bush greets African National Congress Deputy President Nelson Mandela at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Doug Mills, file)

Nelson MandelaIn this June 26, 1990 file photo, Nelson Mandela, Deputy President of the African National Congress, acknowledges applause as he stands before a Joint Meeting of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington. House Speaker Thomas Foley of Washington, left, and Senate President Pro Tempore Robert Byrd of West Virginia applaud from behind. (AP Photo/Doug Mills, file)

Nelson MandelaIn this July 27, 1991 file photo, Cuban President Fidel Castro, right, and African leader Nelson Mandela gesture during the celebration of the "Day of the Revolution" in Matanzas. (AP Photo, file)

Nelson MandelaSouth African President Frederik de Klerk (right) shakes hands with ANC leader Nelson Mandela, after they received the UNESCO peace prize in Paris. An international jury headed by former US Secretary of State Kissinger honored Mandela and de Klerk for their efforts to end South Africas apartheid system of government. (AP-Photo/bc/stf/Remy de la Mauviniere/02/03/1992)

Nelson MandelaIn this July 4, 1993 file photo, President Bill Clinton, left, and Nelson Mandela listen during Fourth of July ceremonies in Philadelphia during which Clinton presented the Philadelphia Liberty Medal to the African National Congress president and South African President F.W. de Klerk. (AP Photo/Greg Gibson, file)

Nelson MandelaSouth African Deputy President F.W. de Klerk, right, and South African President Nelson Mandela pose with their Nobel Peace Prize Gold Medal and Diploma, in Oslo, December 10, 1993. (AP Photo/NTB)

Nelson MandelaNelson Mandela takes the oath of office in Pretoria Tuesday, May 10, 1994 to become South Africa's first black President. The event was attended by many visiting heads of state and thousands of supporters. (AP Photo/David Brauchli)

Nelson MandelaIn this June 12, 1994 file photo, South African President Nelson Mandela is welcomed by Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali upon his arrival at Tunis airport. (AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere, File)

Nelson MandelaSouth African rugby captain Francios Pienaar, right, receives the Rugby World Cup trophy from President Nelson Mandela, left, who wears a South African rugby shirt, after South Africa defeated New Zealand in Johannesburg, in this June 1995 photo. For many Afrikaners it was the high-point of post-apartheid reconciliation. (AP Photo / Ross Setford)

Nelson MandelaSouth African President Nelson Mandela asks journalists what they think of his shirts after a lunch with fashion designer Pierre Cardin, left, Monday September 4 1995. When Mandela, who has been criticized by some for his taste in casual ethnic shirts, was asked by Cardin where he got his shirts, he replied that most of them were given to him as gifts. (AP Photo /Mike Hutchings-POOL)

Nelson MandelaPope John Paul II and South African President Nelson Mandela stand for national anthems after the Pontiff's arrival to Johannesburg Saturday, September 16, 1995. The visit marks the Pope's first official trip to South Africa. (AP Photo/John Moore)

Nelson MandelaBritain's Queen Elizabeth II addresses the Commonwealth Heads of Government, after dinner Friday, Nov. 10, 1995 in Auckland. The guests on the Queen's table included New Zealand Prime Minister James Bolger (left), and South African President Nelson Mandela (right). (AP Photo/John Stillwell)

Nelson MandelaSecretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton meets with former South Africa President Nelson Mandela, 94, and his wife Graca Machel at his home in Qunu, South Africa, Monday, Aug. 6, 2012. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool)